The postprocessual paradigm that emphasizes the importance of archaeologists' understanding of the specific contexts within which they work, and of the notion that knowledge is situated within a cultural framework and can consequently serve special interests, is

a. called critical theory.
b. known by critics who question its relevance as a "medieval mindset.".
c. often useful in prehistoric archaeology, but is rarely considered useful for historical archaeology.
d. not useful to archaeology.
e. now called the archaeological theory paradigm.


a

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